DEFINITION:
Compares the world's largest arms importers, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. For more comprehensive statistics, visit the intitute's databases section. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

Citation

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster." 2000-2010. <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people>.

'All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster.', <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people> [assessed 2000-2010]

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. [Internet]. 2000-2010. Avaliable from: <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people>.

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Avaliable at: nationmaster.com. Assessed 2000-2010.

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster.," http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people (assessed 2000-2010)

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster., http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people (last visited 2000-2010)

"All countries compared for Military > Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_importershttp://www.sipri.org/googlemaps/2013_of_at_top_20_imp_map.html, The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2008 –2012. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster., http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Military/Arms-trade/Arms-imports,-top-countries-per-million-people (as of 2000-2010)